Time to shut up anti-vegan leather glazers for good.
āIf [leatherās] footprint is shocking or seems high to people, I think it should be a push to keep reflecting on the impact of raising animals for products,ā Roncevich said. Leather may benefit (along with wool and other animal-derived materials) from a natural image, but on closer examination, it helps sustain one of the worldās most polluting, environmentally destructive industries.
Animal leather has plenty of toxic baggage of its own, from the chromium salts and other pollutants generated by tanneries to the manure runoff and water pollution associated with cattle ranching.
The original paper:
Sources: (paywalled) Vox article:
https://removepaywalls.com/https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/494511/leather-carbon-emissions-vegan-meta-analysis
Open access paper: The Carbon Footprint of Leather: A Comprehensive Reassessment Using Global Livestock Data and Meta-Analysis. Roncevich et al.
